Topic Form

Persuasive Presentation

Read the assignment sheets for the Persuasive Presentation before completing this topic form.
Your topic must be approved before you start working on your outline or present your speech.

Remember, that your persuasive topic must be related to an organization. You are persuading
your audience to take part in an organization or in an activity sponsored by that organization.
This could be anything from attending an event, volunteering for the organization, or even
signing a petition started by this organization. This is a speech of policy, which means you are
trying to change a behavior and persuade your audience to take an action.

The organization/organization event I want to persuade people to join/attend, etc. is:

Purdue FIRST.

The specific action I want people to take is (donate $10 to feed one child for a month, sign this
petition to bring this person to campus, volunteer one Saturday a month to restock shelves at the
food pantry, etc.):

Volunteer for one of the events we host.

This organization/event is worthy or will benefit my audience because:

The whole idea of FIRST is to encourage younger generations to get involved in STEM. It’s all
outreach and making the next generation better.